REGIOSELECTIVE REACTION BETWEEN 3-ETHOXALYL-5-METHYLCYCLOPENTANE-1 ,2,4-TRIONE AND VINYLTRIPHENYLPHOSPHONIUM SALTS - CONVENIENT SYNTHETIC ROUTE TO FUNCTIONALIZED CYCLOPENTA[B]FURANS
I. Yavari et R. Baharfar, REGIOSELECTIVE REACTION BETWEEN 3-ETHOXALYL-5-METHYLCYCLOPENTANE-1 ,2,4-TRIONE AND VINYLTRIPHENYLPHOSPHONIUM SALTS - CONVENIENT SYNTHETIC ROUTE TO FUNCTIONALIZED CYCLOPENTA[B]FURANS, Journal of chemical research. Synopses, (4), 1997, pp. 146-147
3-Ethoxalyl-5-methylcyclopentane-1,2,4-trione exists, in solution, alm
ost exclusively as the dienol tautomer, which undergoes regioselective
intramolecular Wittig reaction with vinyltriphenylphosphonium salts t
o produce the enol form of dialkyl -dihydro-3aH-cyclopenta[b]furan-2,3
-dicarboxylates in moderate yields.